The one hard thing about visiting a magical place without your children, is visiting a magical place without your children.

I told Thalia that I’d be visiting a real castle today, where princesses used to live, and she declared that “Princesses are only make believe.” I realized that in her world, imaginary critters include unicorns, monsters, fairies, princesses, and children who eat things besides peanut butter. Explaining that no, there actually are real live princesses pretty much blew her mind.

Sage only wanted to tell me knock-knock jokes on the phone.

Knock knock?


Who’s there?


Lightbulb.


Lightbulb who?


Lightbulb goes on, lightbulb goes off.

She takes after her sister.

Meanwhile I can’t stop taking photos with the Hipstamatic, every since Kristen told me about it.

See? Magical.